This work demonstrated the development of a hierarchical porous carbon-carbon composite used as electrode material for capacitive deionization. The novel core-shell composite consisting of carbon nanofibers and N-rich porous carbon...
One-dimensional (1D) V 3 O 7 nanobelts preferentially exposing the (010) plane are successfully prepared by using layered structured KV 3 O 8 plate-like particles as the precursor in a soft chemical topotactic synthesis process. The structure and morphology of the samples obtained at different reaction times and temperatures are investigated by using an X-ray diffractometer (XRD), a field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) and a transmission electron microscope (TEM) to explore the formation mechanism of V 3 O 7 nanobelts from KV 3 O 8 plate-like particles. In this process, the KV 3 O 8 plate-like particles are firstly split along the a-axis direction into H + -form vanadate (HVO) nanobelts by dissolution and ion exchange reactions with acid treatment. Then, the HVO nanobelts are transformed into V 3 O 7 nanobelts by an in situ topotactic dehydration reaction. The photoelectric performance of the obtained V 3 O 7 nanobelts is evaluated by decomposing water to H 2 under simulated sunlight illumination and by measuring the accompanying photocurrent. The generated photocurrent density is 30 μA cm −2 , indicating that the (010) plane of V 3 O 7 is one of the most photocatalytically active surfaces. Thus, the V 3 O 7 nanobelt material has a potential application to photocatalysis.
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